David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Paragraph 3.38 refers to the vice president for research and that refers to Mr. Donnelly, does it not? Yes. The paragraph reads: "Although the Vice President for Research was not included in the correspondence concerning the proposed change of terms, he [Mr. Donnelly] emailed the Secretary/Financial Controller, later on 29 November 2010, in support of the company's proposal for the Institute's share of equity to be reduced [and also] recommended that the required level of investment to be raised by FeedHenry to be reduced from €500,000 to €400,000." That means the institute would have lost out on the double in this instance.

Was the email from Mr. Donnelly to the secretary and financial controller sent in his capacity as vice president for research?